The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-05-11
THE FIRST DEFEAT.
THE COLUMBUS sIuoeEns
Pound Mallory all Over tho Field and Wind
up With a Homo sRun-Kalama2oo Sill
a Winner GAINESVILLE Pulysrizes
Steubenviile-Otior Games,

pened; and large and enthusiastic
crowd Witnessed the Columbus club de.
feat Wheeling in what was, in some re-.
spects, an interesting game. The visitors
were more than entitled to. The victory,
pounding the ball all over the field.
Wheeling can congratulate herself that It
was no worse; aad that 1t wau not, was
owing to the rule governing tho running
Of the batter to frat base. II was Nal.
lory'a of day. lie did not put as much
heart into his work as he has dono in
other games. Something was wrong, as
his speed was not up to the standard, and
Ellitt did not play bis usual good game be-
hind the bat. Handiboe for Columbus
pitched Q clean cut gamo and was ably
supported by Murphy, who made some
good stops of wild pitched balls. The
batting OF the visitors was strong, espec.,
tally in the second inning, when they cot
three clean hits over second base. For
the home team, Nichol pasted the sphere
over the right field fence for two bases,
and atterwards made neat steal Of third.
being brought in by EttiG's hot liner
Mallory in the third inning made the visi.
tors hunt tho ball while he reached Bec.
ond and scored on q cloan hit.
NeihoF In the fourth inning got in a
beautiful two bagger, but while trying to
get to third on a hard hit to Steel was
thrown out, Steel putting tho ball to Mot.
tett IS ho Was Ia]ling on the difficult stop
he had made. MotleLt in the fifth inning
made a beautiful bit to left for two bsses,
The score at this stage OF the contess was
. to In favor OF the Green Stockings, and
the tale might hava been different IL Smith
had been put in instead OF Mallory, as 1t
WAS very perceptlble to even the casual
observer that the latter was not pitching
with bis old time speed. Both sides wore
BANKED in the sixth. In the seventh
inning Westlake made neat baae bit over
short, and purloined second base making
the bag in one Of the longest divs.slides OF
the season. But after all this hard work
Westlako failed to score owing to two
beautiful running catches by Green and
Roman, which retired the side.
Columbus in their halt.of the seventh
bad three men on bases with two men out.
Schwartz came to the bat and pounded the
ball over Orogan's head for three bases,
bringing in three runs. This would have
tied the score with Sch xartz gu third and
two men out. Unluckily for Schwartz, how
ever, he ran outside the first base line and
Umpire O'Brisn declared him out. The
Columbus team kicked on this decision,
and it looked at one titns aa II they would
leave the field, but they swallowed their
hard lack like gentlemen. This rule may
be considered arbitrary, aud it is pretty
hard on batter who makes good snd
sale hit; still, If it is rule, it should be
lived up to the same as any other.
Both sides were blanked in the eighth,
the only feature Of the playing being
Mo1etts difficult catch OF a fly at third. IN
the ninth Ellif banged the ball for two
bases, and afterwards scored. The COL
umbus team came to the bat with four
runs to tie and five TO win. Thoy made
them, and thusWheeling suffered her first
defeat after seven consecutive victories
1t was appalling enough when thres men
we're on the bases and none out, but when
Murphy knocked the bait over right field
fence ior home run the jig was up and
the winning run was scored amid dead
silence, shortly afterwards broken by gem
erous cheers bestowed on the visitors by
the audience who thought they had fairly
won the game in spite Of very hard luck.
OF course all ball players have their of
days, but It must bB said in all truth that
neither Mallory nor ElliE played the ball
they have done heretofore. Still the
home team OF its admirers should not be
discouraged. It is the first defeat, and it
will not by any means be the lest. The
medicine the boys got yesterday may do
them good. Smith played right field
yesterday, and batted and ran the bases
we'll. The audience was very impartial,
heartily cheering the Buckeye boys when
ever good play commanded applause.
OBrien's umpiring was iair and con-
ecientious. The same clubs play to-day.
Smith aud Bailey will bs the battery to-
day: Wheeling goes to Columbus playing
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